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1576 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up with stores · 7 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 2 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
21 · 1
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202487
202520
2026 so far00

Plus 12 violations from 1984 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 4
  • Leaks and plumbing 3
  • Walls and ceilings 3
Open per apartment
0.3 (2 open across 7 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
2 Feb 2025 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Immediately hazardous1 open

Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Notice certified late 1 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous1 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • 301, 302, m/d law file plans and obtain a certificate of occupancy to legalize the following alteration or restore premises to prior legal condition extension erected 2 and 3 sty rear increasing occupancy from 5 apartments to 7 apartments.

    Issued 16 May 1998Notice sent out 17 Dec 2024§ 300

27 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door at vestibule (refit), 1st story

    Issued 2 Feb 2025Violation closed 18 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration acoustic tiles at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 26 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective lower sash window pane in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation closed 25 Jun 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit door at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 2 Feb 2025Violation dismissed 8 May 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at bathtub in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 24 Apr 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 24 Apr 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 2 Apr 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 2 Apr 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Reset, so as to secure a proper and tight connection, the water closet bowl in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 16 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 16 Mar 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder northeast.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation dismissed 9 Mar 2025§ 53

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration partition erected creating rooms cellar thru out.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation dismissed 2 Mar 2025§ 300

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling cellar thru out with fire retarding material.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation dismissed 2 Mar 2025Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Discontinue unlawful cooking space or file plans and application with this department to legalize same, if lawfully feasible, at cellar center.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation dismissed 2 Mar 2025§ D26-32.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of drop ladder blocked by awning northeast fire escape.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation dismissed 2 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods front of building at fire escape, 2nd story

    Issued 8 Jul 2008Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system 1 sty pub hall & on boiler room door.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes all stys south front.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 3 sty front east.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of flower pots on stairs 3rd sty public hall to roof.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes all stys northeast front.

    Issued 1 Aug 1984Violation closed 21 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

36 violations on record in total, 2 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

25 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water4 / 12
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 3
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 2
  • Floors and stairs0 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 1
  • Electrical0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    JONATHAN ISMAILI

    Public records list JONATHAN ISMAILI as the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (11 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    1576 GREENE BH LLC

    Public records list 1576 GREENE BH LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 19 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. There were 4 heat or hot-water complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask who handles heat, how quickly it is usually restored, and whether the boiler has been replaced.
  3. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 3033030027 · Block 3303, Lot 27 · Building class C7